Armed Forces control the loading of the transport rocket-loading machine on a self-propelled launcher operational-tactical missile complex Iskander-M. Sergei Orlov/RIA Novosti
Russia may reinforce its group of Iskander missile systems in the Russian city of Kaliningrad in response to a deployment of the US armoured division in Poland, the chairman of the State Duma’s defense committee Vladimir Shamanov told the Russian state-run media outlet TASS on Thursday.
“This creates prerequisites that may eventually enable them to create a certain stronghold. We will surely not turn a blind eye on this. We will take retaliatory measures,” Shamanov said adding that Russia would likely deploy additional forces to counter this threat.
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Earlier on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry officially announced that the US military presence in eastern Europe violates NATO-Russia agreements. The ministry said that while the US has increased a number of deployed military equipment in Poland up to a mechanized division. (MORE HERE)
